Dunlap v. People

This case comes to us on appeal of the district court's denial of the defendant's Crim. P. 85(c) motion for postconviction relief. We reverse in part, affirm in part, and hold that the defendant is not entitled to postconviction relief.

I. Facts and Procedural History

In 1996, a jury convicted the defendant, Nathan Dunlap, of four counts of first-degree murder for the killing of three teenagers and a middle-aged woman at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant on December 14, 1998; the jury imposed the death penalty for these crimes. For related non-capital convictions, Dunlap received consecutive terms…